Chapter 970 — Three Battles at the Heavenly Origin
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"The Great Emperor's Seal was left to me by Heavenly Venerable Cloud. Besides the Seal and that altar, the Dao Ancestor said Heavenly Venerable Cloud also left Kaihuang a scroll of maps charting the Taixu."
Shen Mu lifted his head to the Great Emperor's Seal, whose power grew ever fiercer, and knit his brows slightly.
Judging by these few things Heavenly Venerable Cloud had left behind, as far back as the Dragon Han era he had already known a great deal about Taixu — his understanding of it surpassed even that of the ten Heavenly Venerables of today.
There were rumors that Kaihuang had built the Sorrowless Land within Taixu, and that this was why it was so hard to find. The ten Heavenly Venerables had repeatedly sent men deep into Taixu, and their purpose too was to seek out the Sorrowless Land and root out Kaihuang, that hidden peril.
If the Sorrowless Land truly lay within Taixu, then the map Heavenly Venerable Cloud had left to Kaihuang must have been of great help in founding it!
"Then why should Heavenly Venerable Cloud's mortal body appear within the Great Emperor's brow?"
Shen Mu's heart brimmed with doubt and dread, and Luo Wushuang and Yue Tingge were shaken to the core as well. They raised their heads and looked at the square seal.
That precious seal could actually break the suppression of the Supreme Domain of Divine Consciousness and free them from the rules of this uncanny place — truly beyond belief.
Yet Shen Mu and Shu Jun knew the truth in their hearts: this Great Emperor's Seal was the Great Emperor's own treasure, and in this place it could draw upon the Great Emperor's power to form a comparatively stable domain.
It was not the Great Emperor's Seal that broke the Supreme Domain of Divine Consciousness. It was the Great Emperor.
The might of the Great Emperor's Seal came, in truth, from the Great Emperor.
Suddenly Shen Mu spoke. "Celestial Master Yue, Luo the Divine Blade, with this precious seal in hand, why not go to that place and explore the mysteries of this Supreme Domain of Divine Consciousness?"
Luo Wushuang hesitated, then nodded. "Very well. At the very least, we must pull Heavenly Venerable Fire out of there."
Shen Mu looked to Yue Tingge, and saw that he raved no longer, his features savage no more. Instead he wore the air of a wise man directing affairs from behind his lines. He nodded and said, "If Heavenly Venerable Mu possesses such a treasure, then perhaps the mysteries of this place may be unraveled. A journey of this kind calls for a guard of the dharma. Let me be your guardian."
Shen Mu blinked. Yue Tingge's sudden turn to sobriety was something he could truly not get used to.
This Daoist was by turns raving and demented, by turns savage and ferocious, and now clear-headed again; there was no fathoming him, no telling when the fit would seize him once more.
Yue Tingge bowed low, hands clasped to the ground, bearing the mien of a master who had attained the Dao, and said with a smile, "Yue Tingge of the Daoist sect pays his respects to Heavenly Venerable Mu. Ever since I set foot in Taixu I have lived in a muddled haze; only today have I found rare clarity. I must have given you much amusement along the way."
Luo Wushuang said quietly, "Shen the Tyrant Body, this man cannot be trusted."
Shen Mu laughed. "We are all in the same boat now. What is there not to trust? Celestial Master Yue is a wise man of the Heavenly Court. How do you think we should explore this Supreme Domain of Divine Consciousness?"